I notice that Mrs Jamieson has been printed in reverse/mirrored. I wonder if this was intentional or an error of some sort. The other three are printed in the same orientation as their smaller albumen prints.

This one also has an advertisement label in two halves of each side unfortunately.

Miss Jamieson

Date when Ordered: 14th December (missing label)

Name:(missing label)

Complexion: Pale a nice color?

Eyes: Med blue

Hair: Sample sent

Whiskers and Beard:

Moustache:

Dress:Navy blue velvet silver bu….

Jewels, &c:Blue beads round ne…..

Extra Frame – Style: Oil Price: 30/-

Remarks: Eyebrows med mar…(missing label)… White lace at neck

I’d love to see the colour chart they are matching the hair colours to.

Codes of I 17 and 16, were they colour patch swatches or real life samples of hair? I notice they have “Sample sent” for Miss Jamieson for them to match it.

Also I though maybe Brown, Barnes and Bell are not the photographer but the colourist only, or maybe vice versa? On the bottom of the blue label it does say …gate, Wigan. Which would contradict the Glasgow label.

Surely there must be some literature or book with all this info in, I can’t remember reading it anywhere.